A Runlayer alternative you can start today
Runlayer and Statio both control MCP access down to the tool, and differ in how you buy, how you write the rules, and whether you also build and host the servers.
Side by side
| Runlayer | Statio | |
|---|---|---|
| Per-tool access | Server policies scoped to exact tool names | Grant a server, deny or grant single tools |
| Default when nothing matches | Deny | No access until granted; unknown tools refused |
| Conditions on tool arguments | Yes | No |
| Organization-wide deny rules | Global deny-only policies | No |
| Identity for agents | Agent accounts | Agents as principals with five-minute tokens |
| SSO-synced groups | Yes | SSO from Business; teams from Team |
| Pricing | Not published; contact for a quote | Published: Free, $19, $149, $599 a month, Enterprise from $15K a year |
Where each one is stronger
Runlayer
A more expressive policy model. Server policies match exact tool names, global policies deny across the organization, and conditions can check tool arguments, network and OAuth status at call time. Access is denied unless a policy allows it.Statio
Self-serve from the first minute, with published flat pricing and a free plan. Rules are grants and denies next to each tool rather than policies to write. And Statio builds and hosts servers too: mcp-gen turns an OpenAPI spec into a hosted MCP server, and Team and up can run your own Docker image behind the same gateway.
Which fits
Choose Runlayer if
You need rules on tool arguments, such as which tables a query may touch.
You want a policy language with organization-wide deny rules.
You are buying through an enterprise security process anyway and want a vendor built around it.
Choose Statio if
You want to start today, on a free plan, without booking a demo.
You want prices you can read before you talk to anyone, flat and never per seat.
You build MCP servers as well as govern them: generate one from an OpenAPI spec, or run your own image, behind the same gateway.
Per-tool grants and deny cover what you need, and you would rather not write and review policies.
How Statio decides access is laid out in MCP permissions, with the other approaches compared honestly.
Lock down your first tool in minutes.
Three MCP servers, one of them hosted, and 10,000 calls a month, free and without a card. If you outgrow it the next plan is $19.
Two steps: create your account, then install the desktop app on each machine that runs an AI client.
- Keys encrypted at rest, never handed to an agent
- Cancel anytime, nothing is deleted
- How Statio handles credentials